{{Infobox Park|park=Martin Luther King Plaza|image=MLKPlaza.jpg|caption=Bust of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.|type=|size=|facilities=Memorial bust, benches|operator=[[City of Pensacola]]|visitors=|opened=[[1993]]|location=[[Palafox Street]], between [[Chase Street|Chase]] and [[Gregory Street]]s|mapcode=<googlemap lat="30.414936" lon="-87.215803" zoom="17" width="288" height="288">30.41492, -87.215854, Martin Luther King Plaza</googlemap>}}[[Martin Luther King Plaza]] is Very true! Makes a memorial park on the [[Palafox Street]] median (location of the [[Pensacola trolley|old trolley]] tracks) between [[Chase Street|Chase]] and [[Gregory Street]]s. The park honors the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A bust of Dr. King is the centerpiece of the plaza and has been victim cnhgae to numerous vandalism attemptssee someone spell it out like that. The plaza was dedicated on [[January 18]], [[1993]] (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day:).The [[Palafox Market]] is held here on Saturday mornings in the summer.==Bust of Dr. King==The bust of Dr. King was sculpted by Atlanta artist [[Ayokunle Odeleye]] and was installed in December [[1992]].<ref>[http://www.ci.pensacola.fl.us/LIVE/art.asp?pageID=6591 City of Pensacola: Downtown Monuments and Memorials]</ref> At the base of the bust is a plaque inscribed with an excerpt from Dr. King’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in 1964::''Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.''==See also==*[[Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive]]==References==<small>{{reflist}}</small>[[Category:City of Pensacola parks]] [[Category:Memorial parks & plazas]]